Signalling Functional Design Engineer

Hitachi, Ltd.; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Continuance Insurance

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Signalling Functional Design Engineer in Brisbane, Australia. The role involves leading the delivery of complex signalling designs across projects, including documentation, hardware setup, and software integration.

You will work in a fast-paced environment focused on ensuring quality, meeting schedule and budget, and driving continuous improvements in design processes. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in signalling design and a strong emphasis on problem-solving and

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, or Computer Engineering or Information Technology.
• 5+ years of professional experience in signalling design.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Customer-focused with good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Guarantee the delivery of the signalling design for projects, including documentation of design, on schedule and budget.
• Ensure HW setup and OS installation, automated deployment, software integration; troubleshoot lab and production hardware.
• Execute detailed hardware design, including documents, drawings and inputs to development, integration, testing, maintenance.
• Control design documents per company processes and ensure versioning integrity.
• Lead design reviews to detect errors and ensure corrective actions.
• Deliver subsystems or SW configurations for medium/small signalling schemes; produce and check configuration docs.
• Ensure requirements are defined, designed, tested, and aligned with project needs.
• Define and run integration lab tests before handover of executable files.

Skills

Signalling design

Hardware integration

Lab testing

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Signalling Functional Design Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based in Brisbane, Australia.

Key Responsibilities

• Guarantee the delivery of the signalling design for projects, including documentation of design, on schedule and budget
• Ensure the setup of HW (including operating system installation, automated installation development, SW integration) and identifying and troubleshooting problems with both lab and production hardware
• Executing detailed hardware design, including documents and drawings as well as input to development, integration, testing, and maintenance
• Ensure the control of design documents in accordance with company processes
• Responsible for leading reviews to detect design errors and ensure correction
• Ensure the delivery of sub-systems or SW configurations for medium & small signalling project schemes including the production and check of the configuration documents
• Guarantee requirements, designing, and testing according to allocated project requirements
• Guarantee input data, the configuration documents and .exe files are issued and controlled in accordance with company processes
• Defining and executing the integration lab tests before handover of the executable files of the configured sub-systems

Skills & Experience

• Electrical, Electronic, or Computer Engineering or Information Technology Qualifications/ University Degree
• More than 5 years of professional experience in Signalling design
• Value Creation
• Market and Customer Orientation
• Excellence in Achieving Assigned Objectives
• Innovation and Change Management

At Hitachi Rail, we know that a diverse business is a sustainable business. Working collaboratively with a range of internal networks, we’re continuously improving our policies and products. From accessible, sustainable design to achieving a better gender balance. We base these efforts on our core values: Harmony, Sincerity, and Pioneering spirit. And by aligning with these, we’re able to create a workplace where people not only feel comfortable but are given opportunities to thrive.

What we offer

• Be part of a Global Company that offers a great work life balance.
• Many opportunities to progress your career with training and development available.
• Salary Continuance Insurance

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.